Cedar Point Donates More Than $6,500 to Local Organizations
December 23 2008 - 11:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
Loose Change Fund Celebrates 20 Years of Helping SANDUSKY, Ohio,
Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 20th consecutive year, Cedar Point
has donated all the money found at the park during the summer to a
local organization. This year, the amusement park/resort located on
the shores of Lake Erie gave more than $5,700 to the Victory Temple
Soup Kitchen in Sandusky. Cedar Point's Loose Change Fund was first
started in 1988 and since that time has collected and donated more
than $182,000 to local organizations. "We are extremely grateful
for this donation and Cedar Point's continued support of the
Victory Temple Soup Kitchen," said Rev. Lonnie R. Walters, senior
pastor of the Victory Temple Church. "These gifts will help us
provide much-needed assistance to the less-fortunate people in the
area." During the season, Cedar Point employees collect and turn in
any money found along the midway, beneath the rides and in the
park's water fountain and water attractions to the Loose Change
Fund. "This was a team effort, and everyone participated," said
John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager of Cedar
Point. "Our employees take great pride in helping the people of our
community." Cedar Point will also make a donation of nearly $800 to
the Northwest Ohio Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Fund of the
Burn Care and Reconstructive Center at St. Vincent Mercy Medical
Center in Toledo. Aluminum Cans for Burned Children is a special
recycling program conducted by northwest Ohio firefighters and area
businesses. Money earned from recycling aluminum beverage cans
helps purchase non-medical items and services not covered by
insurance that are essential to each patient's recovery. The fund
is also used to provide burn prevention education programs for
children throughout northwest Ohio and helps send recovering burn
survivors to a regional summer camp designed specifically for
burned children between the ages of 6-18. Throughout the summer,
Cedar Point collected and recycled all of the aluminum cans that
were redeemed during special promotional events held at the park.
Since 1989, Cedar Point has donated more than $29,000 from the
recycling program. DATASOURCE: Cedar Point CONTACT: Robin Innes of
Cedar Point, +1-419-627-2226, Web site: http://www.cedarpoint.com/
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